Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 221 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 61% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.37 on Saturday, May 9th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on May 8, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.63 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.32% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 330,891 acre feet

This is 83.8% of the average of 394,880 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 158,361 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 146,353 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 172,530 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 182.22% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 31.71% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -1.56 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.82 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.47 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, May 09, 2026
6036.37
-0.07
1,022,977
324
641
80.4
52.5
Fri, May 08, 2026
6036.44
-0.07
1,023,692
320
638
79.3
48.8
Thu, May 07, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
751
612
68.9
38.0
Wed, May 06, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
645
523
62.6
45.5
Tue, May 05, 2026
6036.51
-0.09
1,024,408
54
476
61.3
48.6
Mon, May 04, 2026
6036.60
-0.04
1,025,329
804
455
68.7
52.2
Sun, May 03, 2026
6036.64
-0.03
829
456
73.5
48.8
Sat, May 02, 2026
6036.67
-0.01
1,026,046
917
450
66.6
45.5
Fri, May 01, 2026
6036.68
-0.04
1,026,148
615
445
66.4
44.9
Thu, Apr 30, 2026
6036.72
-0.04
1,026,558
818
441
65.5
51.8
Wed, Apr 29, 2026
6036.76
-0.06
1,026,968
167
438
68.4
49.5
Tue, Apr 28, 2026
6036.82
-0.01
1,027,583
423
436
63.7
44.0
Mon, Apr 27, 2026
6036.83
-0.01
1,027,685
582
595
62.8
40.8
Sun, Apr 26, 2026
6036.84
-0.10
1,027,788
126
605
61.2
48.4
Averages of List
6036.64
-0.04
1,025,692
526.8
515.1
67.8
47.1

Averages for May 9th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6054.83
-18.46
1,290,508
2967.15
1492.25
74.45
43.01
All-Time
6041.81
-5.44
1,179,883
2943.95
1439.38
74.45
43.01

Last 10 May 9th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, May 09, 2025
6037.93
-1.56
1,039,016
1090
376
77.1
43.5
Thu, May 09, 2024
6045.73
-9.36
1,122,627
1660
491
67.4
39.9
Tue, May 09, 2023
6053.98
-17.61
1,218,080
5765
4
79.9
49.3
Mon, May 09, 2022
6026.53
9.84
926,269
2951
298
79.0
58.0
Sun, May 09, 2021
6034.80
1.57
1,057,654
1976
389
73.0
43.0
Sat, May 09, 2020
6058.34
-21.97
1,326,849
2498
581
80.0
34.0
Thu, May 09, 2019
6045.12
-8.75
1,169,341
4112
410
64.0
41.0
Wed, May 09, 2018
6049.61
-13.24
1,220,975
1713
509
90.0
46.0
Tue, May 09, 2017
6078.10
-41.73
1,596,508
3776
3200
60.0
45.0
Mon, May 09, 2016
6072.19
-35.82
1,511,157
2240
400
72.0
48.0
Averages of List
6050.73
-14.36
1,224,698
2852
719
75.0
46.3


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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